October 2007 These Little Piggies chased the easter bunny..and stole the eggs pt ll

[TheLadyEvenstar]

ok lets try here ladies!!!

Welcome Eva, its always nice to have new blood I hope your DD settles in her new room soon. I find that their interupted sleep patterns only tend to last about a week or so if they are usually good sleepers. Ben has slept through mainly since 12 weeks, but a few weeks ago he started waking two or three times in the night and waking up at 5.20am We had this for about 7-10 days, I was just getting to the end of my tether then suddenly he started sleeping through again.

I have two Ds's. The first is Sam who is nearly four (June) and Ben who was 18 months old on the 5th April. He is a cheeky monster and into everything, he is walking upstairs, attempting walking down He has 12 teeth, waiting for his fangs to come through but they are being slow considering he had all his others pretty early on. He started walking a week after his birthday and hasn't stopped since, although now he runs everywhere!

SleepMeNot - glad to see you pop in and that you are doing well, I hope that one day you get some sleep!

Mine - well done on the impromptu dinner and I sympathise with you on the mess, its amazing how quickly they can make carnage

Inzi - WOW on your weightloss, I so wish I could lose some more weight, I have been at a standstill for the last 6 weeks and its becoming annoying now My DH reckons I have toned up a bit though, so maybe I have built some muscle thats combating the weightloss? I live in hope. I just want to see a weightloss though to thank me for all the exercise I have been doing!

Floria - Hope you have a fab day at the zoo, I hope it stays dry for you.

Hello to everyone else, I'm afraid my attention span has expired now

Its raining here today I have had some family round to bring the boys their Easter Eggs which has been a welcome diversion from housework! James is spending the Easter weekend building the boys a fort in the garden, it is going to have two storeys a walkway and a slide, it will be a bit too old for Ben at the moment but Sam is going to love it. It is hidden in the trees too, so it will be like a secret fort for them

Tomorrow we are out at a wedding all day and night and Sunday will just be lounging round the house.

Hello everyone!
Sorry I've not had a chance to post recently - hopefully work will be less hectic soon and I can get a bit of a life back. (I shouldn't really complain about work, cos at least i have a job in this economic climate)
Anyway, nothing exciting to report from Strawberryland. DS has spent all day playing in the garden with a bubblegun - no naps so he was in bed by 6.30pm. This is the earliest he has ever been to bed!!! So I'm not sure if this means he'll be awake really early. We took the cot down in his room today, so now he just has his big boy bed up.
Eva - welcome to the oct 07 piggies! My DS is Olly, born 5 Oct - same day as me. I was a late joiner, but everyone made me very welcome,so you will be too
SleepMeNot - sorry that R has self-weaned, Olly has too. But I am really glad that he did it himself, and we still have cuddles before bed. He kisses now too in such a cute way!
Inzi - your weightloss is fab, so glad you feel good. You are inspiring me to do something about my weight too, will let you know if i get something sorted
LLL - hope the wedding is good
Waving hello to Muppet/Dal/Floria/Alice/Mine/Tles/WWAJC/Crochet/Stefka and anyone else I've forgotten - hope you are all well and enjoying some Easter chocolate

Hi all!
Just having a read through but will post tomorrow as we're on holiday in Cornwall!!!

It wasn't a great journey -5 hours with Henry screaming/screaching most of the way. Ollie dh and I were almost ready to thow him out of the car...

Cottage is lovely and we've just sat and listened to the boys giggle themeselves to sleep (sharing a room) so all is forgiven as it was just soooo cute.

Love to all
xxxx

muppet-how cute the boys giggling themselves to sleep have a lovely time xx

Hi needsleep, lovely to hear from you, we've missed you.

i'm going away tomorrow, so not going to be around for a while, hope you all stay well till i get back, will be thinking of you all xxx

Hi All

How are you all?
Not ha much time to read all of whats been going on does anyone want to give me a brief outline?

I will hopefully have time tonight to catch up and reply to as many as poss as long as Zachary does his new thing and goes to sleep at 7.30 woohoo he has regulated himself! and still sleeps all night until 8am.

oh does anyone know anything about milk intolerance? every time Zachary has milk he becomes really chesty to the point that you can hear his chest rattling. I have tried him on soya milk but he doesn't like it. Any other suggestions?

goats milk..?

Mine, I didn't know if that was going to be ok for him having never tried before.

I have to do something he is so chesty its horrible you can hear his chest rattling as he breaths and when he is running it is worse.

LES i'd take him to a doctor to be checked out first to be honest. Are you certain it is milk related..??

Mine, he is fine until he drinks it and then he is so chesty. I told dr before and she said it was because he was on Full fat milk so to change it which i did but even semi skimmed is having same affect

i didn;t realise milk could do that to your chest.. poor Zachary.

If it were me, i'd keep trying with the soya milk or try goats milk. If that fails, i'd go back to the GP.

Not sure when else to suggest my lovely....

Mine, prob is he is a real milk addict and nothing i can do will stop him drinking so much. But while he is eating I don't worry about the amount he drinks. See he doesn't like juice and is far from a fan of water. Maybe i have spoilt him.

My mum can't eat icecream as it does to her what milk does to Zachary, I can't drink milk as i violently vomit if i do yet i can have a smidgen of milk in coffee.
An then there is soya i can't have it full stop lol.....

so there is a definite history of milk intolerance then!!

My DH has a similar reaction to milk.... we switched to filtered milk like Cravendale and he is absolutely fine with it.

Hi all Happy EasterI hope you all got loads of wicked choccies!

Tles;Goats milk is usually better for those with lactose intolerace and it is fine for toddlers, my brother was on it from 6 months...or there is rice milk which I believe tastes better than soya ...I hope Z starts to like one of the alternatives...and I hope the house hunt turns up something lovely.

Well we have just got back from a wonderful weekend..yesterday at Chester Zoo was fabulous Alex adored the giraffes and lions most (especially when the male lion roared right at us!!!)oh, and the butterflies He slept for an hour on our way there but forced himself to stay awake for the rest of the day even though we didnt get to a restaurant until 7.30 and didnt get back to the hotel until 9.00! This morning he spent over an hour in the pool with either dh or I (while the other Sauna/steamroomed/jacuzzi'd) and thoroughly enjoyed himself flirting with all the little girls ......the only problem is the day out interrupted our potty training and after a Friday without one single accident [yahoo!]and most of Saturday in one pair of pull-up training nappies, we didnt get to a loo in time late in the afternoon and he realised he wasnt in knickers so today I have had 2 wet nappies this morning and 1 weewee accident in knickers in the hour since getting home ..ho hum..back to square one

dh has d&V...

started last night with tummy pains and went on through most of the night, had a break for 4 hrs today and then started again. He's green

I am going to phone the car hire people to see if I can put me on the insurance (we hired a chrysler as we wanted to test drive it as we would use it - 2 dogs, 2 children, packed to the gunwhales as it were for a week away - as we're thinking of buying one) as I think if he's still ill tomorrow we'll have to come home as I can't keep us all as clean as I could at home and I CANNOT GET THIS!! I will be 7 months next week so really can't afford to get a bug. I'm going to sleep in the single bed (henry's in his cotbed so spare single in twin room) as dh is still being sick and using our bed. If I was at home I would have changed and washed by now but can't as we're away. We have a washing machine but no spare duvet set.
Also, I would clean the toilet more -we don't have much cleaning materials - as we're all using the same loo that dh is ill in. Lovely!

We thought it had stopped as he managed to get us out for 4 hrs toady (went to Porthleven, just as pucturesque as I remember it can't find the spot where I spent the evening with my gran, mum dad and brothers though. It's in my memory as clear as day but couldn't 'find' it in real life) the boys and I had the picnic I'd made and then we went down to the beach. Was a glorious day weather wise as was warm but not sunbathing warm. Henry loved the beach but was a complete tyke when we got back just as dh disappeared to barf up a lung down the toilet.

Just seems such a shame as the weather is fabulous and this will be our last holiday before Tobias arrives (we're away in may but that's just so we can get the stairs/hall painted)

Hi to Eva! I am muppet and have 2 boys Ollie, 5 and Henry 17 months. It was mentoned I would be induced so I joined the oct thread as were on the cusp but then had Henry on the 5th nov. He's lovely, not walking but bum shuffling and just started crawling (I don't get that either) can pull himself up and cruise a little so we're getting there... I am currently expecting ds 3. Am due 12th July but are having a c-section probably a week earlier.

Oh and some good news, our lovely babysitter is going to help us out mon-fri 9-6 so I can relax a little as Ollie loves her and she drives so can ferry the children around duing the holiday whilst I recover.

Floria - your weekend sounds brilliant x

Oh NO Muppet!!!!
Your poor Dh! and poor you! I hope dh is loads better today and you can manage to stay in Cornwall (I spent every holiday as a child there and just love the whole county)particularly as the weather is so good.. but totally understand that you can't risk catching it yourself or letting the boys get it .... remember the flattened 7Up to keep hydrated...fingerscrossed and sending healthy vibes for you all.

Hi Ladies, So sorry I haven't had a chance to catch up properly. (I seem to be saying that a lot lately)

Hi to Eva, great to have a new face in the group so to speak. My ds is Dylan, he is 17mo, born 30th oct. He is utterly adorable. He is and always has been a nightmare to feed and get milk into, hence he is on hogh calorie milk and weighs just under 9kg at the mo. Apart from that he is healthy, happy and very cheeky! He started walking at aroung 15mo snf is all over the place now. He is saying more words by the day, latest additions include 'pencil' and 'there's the baba' awww.

Well, Dylan and I have a virus . He has had a temp and been off his food. I am hot, achey and have a sore throat, we both feel a little better today though. Gonna go for an easter picnic with pils etc [bsmlie]

I'm afraid I had a horrendous day yesterday which has put the nail in the coffin of mine and my parents relationship for good .

You all know how I was trying to have contact with them but also keep myself 'safe' and so didn't want them to have my address. I had not spoken to them since they upset me on mothers day then I got those awful messages last week. I have been thinking about it over the last week and wondering what to do about it all. I was going to either send them an email or speak to them if they called again...

Anyway, I had a nap yesterday morning as i'd been up half the night feeling ill, was just sat with dh eating a late lunch (2.30pm) in my dressing gown. He had just come back from taking Dylan out for a walk to my pils and Dylan had had a little bit of dinner. He had his milk then fell alseep exhausted as he was ill and has also had a sleepless night. Dh had taken him and put him in his cot for an afternoon nap.

So that was just to set the scene...

There was a knock at the door. I jokingly said 'hope that's not my mum and dad' (knowing it couldn't be as I haven't given them my address). Dh looked out the lounge window but couldn't see who it was as they were stood to the side. He thought it might be a jehovas witness(sp?) so opened the door. It was my mum . She handed him a bag with Dylans easter egg in (just an excuse to turn up here) and dh took the bag before he even had chance to register it was my mum(he thought he was being handed a leaflet!). He realised and said 'what are you doing here?We told you we don't want you here?Why have you turned up at our house? Please leave our property. He then tried to shut the door but she suddenly jammed her foot in it , anyway he gave the door an extra shove as if he meant business and she moved her foot. Shr then began screaming insults through the letter box at the top if her voice calling my dh a 'control freak' takes one to know one! At this dh opened the door and asked her to be quiet as Dylan was in bed ill and had been up all night her response was 'so have I' then she carried on shouting. Dh got the bag with eater stuff in and threw it over our wall in to the road, he told her we don't want her stuff and to leave our property at once. My dad was just sat in their car shouting 'you're a control freak' . She then started shouting 'oh look at that, a childs eater present in the street' 'you've stolen my daughter away''you're controlling etc etc'. At this I opened the door and told her again 'please be quiet, Dylan Is ILL and ALSLEEP', she just ignored me and carried on. We shut the door and she came back towards the door and hung the bag with the easter stuff on the handle then started screaming through the letter box again, dh pushed the letter box shut and she pulled her fingers away, he opened the door and chucked the bag in to the road again. We both told her to go away and that we would call the police if she didn't leave, she was then shouting things such as 'i'm not surprised you're hiding inside' what the hell is that supposed to mean? I'm not surprised either when I've been stalked and am now bwing harassed. She returned to screaming through the letter box so dh called his parents and said Amy's parents are here(mil could hear my mum screaming through the letter box like a banshee at the other end of the phone) can you come down or call the police. So they called the police. At this my mum jumped in the car (not wanting to be caught in the act) and they sped off.

The police arrived and took a statement, they said they would be happy to help if I want to get a restraining order and they could also het the police down there to pay a house call if I want. I'm going to get a restraining order, this has gone too far now. She doesn't even care enough about Dylan to not wake him when he's ill .

Surprisingly, by some miracle, he only stirred a bit but didn't wake. He must have been in a deep sleep thank god!

So about all this, my home was the one place I felt safe

So sorry for the me me me post.

just stopping by before we go to mil's for lunch
just wanted to say hope mr muppet is feeling better and not spreading his germs around
and dal - sounds awful, awful - what was your mum thinking? that that's the way to get her daughter back? glad you called the police - hope you are feeling ok

Blimey Dal, that's horrendous

How awful for you Dal - you must be reeling. I am so sorry.

FT - glad you enjoyed Chester zoo. Lol at thought of you being defiant in the spa .

Sleep - hello! Lovely to hear from you. Glad you and R are both ok and that sleep is slowly settling down (couldn't get much worse could it?!) You are missed on here - hope you can pop in a bit more often .

Inzi - hope you enjoyed yesterday with your family.

Muppet - sorry that dh is ill - did he eat something? What awful timing just at the start of the holiday. Hope he is better soon and that you don't catch it.

Dal - how on earth did your parents get your address? How scary for you having them turn up like that. Hope they can get the message quickly that you don't want them around. How you feeling?

I've not even thought about potty training yet. Or swapping her cot for a big bed. Is everybody else doing those already ?

We've had a lovely weekend. We went to Tatton Park on Saturday - last minute decision - as they'd got a teddy bear/Winnie the Pooh theme going on. There's a little farm there and they'd got all the Pooh characters there - Anya was appalled to discover that man dressed up as Tigger (who is her favourite) was over 6 foot tall (he's not that big at home!) and burst into tears - but she loved the chickens and the donkeys and the sheep. We wouldn't usually have bothered with the mansion house but they'd got lots of teddy bears in every room - in the beds, in the bath, sat at desks - one of the reception rooms was even decked out as a wedding. It was really imaginative and Anya loved it - she was just a bit frustrated that she wasn't allowed to play with any of them.

DH is taking Anya out this afternoon for father/daughter time, in return for me taking her swimming and to the park yesterday. I've managed to get almost all my jobs done this morning so I will get a lovely couple of hours to chill in peace.

Dal -I am so for you and at your bloody mother. They are focussing on your dh and trying to blame the problems on him to try to deflect it away from them. I am so sorry your dad was joining in as he seemed to be just folowing your mother...until now.

Have you spoken to your brothers?

I would say you tried, you really tried hard with them for you and Dylan's sake but it didn't work (as you thought it wouldn't as nothing had really changed)you did all you could do, and any sane person could do, it's them, not you xxxxx

Well dh is still ill. Throwing up, cold, headache ect. The kids are going stir crazy as we can't get out as I'm not insured on the car (place was shut today so couldn't re-do the insurance with the hire firm) we are 6.5 miles away from the nearest town so I'll have to get a taxi to get some milk and food etc. I just want to go home It's rainning today, just when I could have done with the sun so the boys could get out
Dh feels he's runied it all for us and he can't drive. Ollie is tearful as he knows daddy is being sick (the noise is awful) and Henry has figured we're all stressed so is acting up a bit.
I WANT TO GO HOME!!!!!

Oh no Muppet, how awful for you, there is nothing worse than being away from home when things aren't going to plan
{{Big Hugs}}

Not really potty training - we just have a potty around and sometimes he sits on it (dressed). I am in no rush though. He is also still in his cot.

Was at the SIL yesterday. Only one or two digs at me - my brother's partner was there so she got a few. One about BF. Her DD has abed time feed still but Dareh has several feeds from me and she said she was going to wean now because she wasn't going to get to the stage where her DD was asking for it (which Dareh was doing). Also she took a toy away from Dareh at one point. I think he must have taken it from her DD but her DD really wasn't bothered. Dareh cried like his heart was broken. I really think they are too young to understand sharing yet and I didn't see the point as her DD was not fussed. I think she was just trying to make a point as I know she thinks I should dicipline Dareh. Oh the joys.

Dal; how utterly terrible! How on earth did they get your address? I'm so sorry all you efforts have been in vain.

Muppet; oh, I'm so sorry Dh isn't better and the weather is so bad. I truly, truly hope things improve tonight.

Stefka; how sad for your sil...it must be truly difficult being so utterly perfect and so much better at absolutely everything (especially parenting)than everyone else...and having to manage an infant who can grasp concepts such as sharing that most 3yr olds have trouble with must be such a cross to bear...I dont know how she manages to live with mere mortals such as the rest of us.

WWAJC; what a lovely sounding day at Tatton..lol at Anyas horror at tall tigger!

Well I'm sat here listening to Dh lose his temper with the plumbing in the wet room he is creating ( despite all the careful measuring some weeks ago some idiot put wooden batons in the wall just where he needs to put pipes)and helpng Alex eat his Thorntons white chocolate eggs ...size 20 here I come